MAHATMA RAMALlNGAM

Benevolent Giver of Spiritual Light." It
inspired joy and love in the knowing ones,
while at the same stroke it excited the
orthodox revolt. The opposition was ably
championed by a gigantic scholar of
repute who wielded the popular mind
by his numerous services for the propaga-
tion of the Tamil Saivite literature. <( The
songs of the ancient saints alone — (the
Thevarams, Tiruvachakam, etc. that have
proved their divine worth through many
a miracle)—deserve the title of ^he
Revealed7 or ( Divinely inspired \ These
songs of to-day we cannot accept/' they
protested, starting a restless campaign
to condemn the And-pa and circulating
pamphlets, of disapprovaLl. The scholarly
disciples of the Seer heroically met all the
slings of calumny.

While thus their wranglmgs rent the
air» what was the' sage doing ? u The wordsi
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